Brightwaters, New South Wales
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| Coordinates: 33°05′53″S 151°32′06″E / 33.098°S 151.535°E | |||||||||||||
| Country | Australia | ||||||||||||
| State | New South Wales | ||||||||||||
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| Established | 1859 | ||||||||||||
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• Total | 1.1 km2 (0.42 sq mi) | ||||||||||||
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| • Total | 875 (2021 census)[1] | ||||||||||||
| • Density | 800/km2 (2,060/sq mi) | ||||||||||||
| Postcode | 2264 | ||||||||||||
| Parish | Morisset | ||||||||||||
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Brightwaters is a suburb of the City of Lake Macquarie in New South Wales, Australia on a peninsula east of the town of Morisset on the western shore of Lake Macquarie.
History
[edit]Early industries were tinned fish and sugar cane. A sugar cane mill was built, but it was destroyed by a bushfire in 1875. A post office was opened in 1963 and closed in 1979.[2]
Population
[edit]In the 2016 Census, there were 903 people in Brightwaters. 84.1% of people were born in Australia and 93.0% of people spoke only English at home. The most common responses for religion in Brightwaters were No Religion 24.9%, Catholic 24.1% and Anglican 19.8%.[1]
References
[edit]- 1 2 Australian Bureau of Statistics (28 June 2022). "Brightwaters". 2021 Census QuickStats. Retrieved 21 July 2023.
Material was copied from this source, which is available under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License. - ↑ "Lake Mac Local History". history.lakemac.com.au. Archived from the original on 19 March 2025. Retrieved 1 April 2026.
External links
[edit]- History of Brightwaters (Lake Macquarie City Library)
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